Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2010
B.Sc. in Physics, School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2012
M.Sc. in Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2015
Ph.D. in Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
Dissertation Advisor: Prof. Kentaro Nagamine
Degree conferred in March 2015
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2015
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
Apr. 2015 – Aug. 2016
Postdoc Researcher, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2017
Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan
Course: Natural Science (given in Japanese)
Sep. 2016 – Mar. 2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2019
JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Apr. 2018 – Jul. 2019
Visiting Scholar, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Apr. 2019 – Mar. 2022
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2025
Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
Apr. 2025 – Present
Associate Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2015
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), ¥2,000,000 (JPY)
Sep. 2016 – Aug. 2019
Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, $15,000 (USD)
Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2019
JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship, ¥6,200,000 (JPY)
Aug. 2018
Grant for Young Scientists in TeV Particle Astrophysics
Oct. 2018 – Sep. 2019
NASA Fermi Guest Investigator Program, Cycle 11 (Co-Investigator, PI: Kohta Murase)
Apr. 2019 – Mar. 2022
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), ¥3,100,000 (JPY)
Jan. 2020
International Conference Presentation Support Grant, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2027
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Principal Investigator), ¥3,600,000 (JPY)
Jun. 2022 – Mar. 2027
TI-FRIS Fellowship, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
Aug. 2022 – Mar. 2027
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (Co-Investigator)
Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2028
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), Project C01 (Principal Investigator), ¥58,000,000 (JPY)
Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2028
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), Administrative Group (Co-Investigator)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Nick EKANGER (Tohoku University, FY2024–FY2027)
Wataru ISHIZAKI (Tohoku University, FY2024–FY2027)
Tomoki WADA (Tohoku University, FY2024-FY2027)
Sara TOMITA (Tohoku University, FY2023)
Doctoral Students
Riki MATSUI (Tohoku University, FY2023–FY2025)
Riku KUZE (Tohoku University, FY2022–FY2024, co-supervised with Prof. Kenji TOMA)
Master’s Students
Takumi KOSHIMIZU (Tohoku University, FY2023–FY2024)
Seiji TOSHIKAGE (Tohoku University, FY2022–FY2023, co-supervised with Prof. Masaomi TANAKA)
Riki MATSUI (Tohoku University, FY2021–FY2022, co-supervised with Prof. Kenji TOMA)
Riku KUZE (Tohoku University, FY2020–FY2021, co-supervised with Prof. Kenji TOMA)
Undergraduate Students
Hikaru TANAKA (Tohoku University, FY2025)
Shunsuke SASAKI (Tohoku University, FY2019, co-supervised with Prof. Kazuyuki OMUKAI)
Hiroki OGIHARA (Tohoku University, FY2015, co-supervised with Prof. Kazuyuki OMUKAI)
• The Astronomical Society of Japan
• The Physical Society of Japan
• Group of Theoretical Astronomers and Astrophysicists in Japan (Rironkon）
•15th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (2021)
• Selected as a JSPS Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) candidate (2021)
• 34th Young Scientist Award of the Astronomical Society of Japan (2023)
• The MEXT Young Scientists’ Prize (2024)
Grant Reviewer
National Science Centre (NCN), Poland
Journal Reviewer
Science
Nature
Nature Astronomy
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review D
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP)
Universe
PLOS ONE
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ)
Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Physics Letters B
Co-organizer, FRIS/TI-FRIS Retreat 2024, Tohoku University, July 18–19, 2024
Co-organizer, AMES Workshop, July 2–3, 2024
Co-organizer, TMT-ACCESS Workshop, June 10–12, 2024
LOC Member, International Workshop “ELT Science in Light of JWST: The Scientific Landscape for Extremely Large Telescopes in Light of JWST. Part II. Asia,” June 3–7, 2024
Co-organizer, Interdisciplinary Workshop “Connecting Civilizations, Earth Environment, Solar System, and Galaxy via Cosmic Rays,” September 14–15, 2023
LOC Member, 35th Theory of Astronomy and Astrophysics Symposium, December 21–23, 2022
Co-organizer, Interdisciplinary Workshop “Connecting Civilizations, Earth Environment, Solar System, and Galaxy via Cosmic Rays,” October 25–26, 2022
Member, Colloquium Organizing Committee, Department of Astronomy, Tohoku University (since September 2022)
Session Chair, Neutrino Session I, TeV Particle Astrophysics 2022 (TeVPA2022), August 8, 2022
Invited Lecturer, Vietnam School on Neutrino 2021 (VSON5) – “High-energy Neutrino Astronomy,” September 7, 2021
Invited Lecturer, Vietnam School on Neutrino 2020 (VSON4) – “High-energy Neutrino Astronomy,” December 17, 2020
LOC Member, International Workshop “Active Galactic Nucleus Jets in the Event Horizon Telescope Era,” January 20–22, 2020
Volunteer Staff, International Workshop “IGC@25: Multi-Messenger Universe,” June 24–27, 2019
Press Release, “Unveiling the Turbulent Structure of an Accretion Disk Falling into a Black Hole,” Tohoku University, August 28, 2024
Public Lecture, “Experience a Journey through 4D Space-time: Feel the Universe!,” Katayama Festival, Interdisciplinary Institute of Science and Technology, Tohoku University, October 7, 2023
Mock Lecture, “High-energy Neutrino Astronomy: Probing the Origin of the Fastest Particles in the Universe,” Tohoku University Open Campus, July 26–27, 2023
Press Release, “Discovery of a Plasma Supply Mechanism for Radio Jets from Black Holes,” Tohoku University, September 30, 2022
Press Release, “High-Energy Particles from a Quiescent Supermassive Black Hole,” Tohoku University and Pennsylvania State University, September 23, 2021
Volunteer Staff, i-STEAM Workshop: Messages from the Skies – A Physics Investigation, Workshop for U.S. High School Teachers, May 12, 2018